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Looking for a hook-up? True love? Threesome? Someone to pay you back for a smoothie? These days, there really is an app for all that — and the show Relationship Status explores the pros and cons of our online dating habits.

Executive-produced by This Is Us star Milo Ventigmiglia, Relationship Status explores the romantic entanglements of 20- and 30-somethings and returns this fall on Verizon’s go90.

“We are very excited to share with the world the next chapters of Relationship Status, as well as continue the partnership with Full Fathom Five, Haven, StyleHaul and go90,” Ventimiglia says in a statement.

In advance of its premiere at the Austin Film Festival, Romark Entertainment, Resolute Productions and Dark Factory Entertainment have unveiled the first trailer for director Carlos Rincones’ indie movie “The Bad Guys,” which debuts exclusively on TheWrap. The film stars Glen Powell (“Scream Queens”), Erik Stocklin (“Stalker”), Mekenna Melvin (“Chuck”), Lucas Near-Verbrugghe (“Grimm”), Keith Nobbs (“Public Morals”) and Paul Iacono (“The Hard Times of Rj Berger”). During a fleeting return trip to his childhood home, a budding filmmaker (Stocklin) is confronted by the now-grown ensemble of his old hometown friends — none of whom are aware that he intends to make.

Recently, CBS delivered the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" episode 14 of season 15. The episode is entitled, "Merchants Of Menace," and it turns out that we're going to see some interesting stuff go down when the CSI teams visits a macabre murder memorabilia convention for their latest investigation, and more. In the new, 14th episode press release: The CSI team is going to investigate a homicide at a convention for people who collect macabre murder memorabilia. Press release number 2: The CSI team will investigate a homicide at a convention for people who collect macabre murder memorabilia. Guest stars feature: Larry Mitchell (Officer Mitchell), Skyler Stone (Alex Friel), Mekenna Melvin (Nora Waters), Dominic Hoffman (Roy Narvick), Greg Evigan (Bruce Waters), Rob Estes (Todd Spanna), Richard Harmon (Kyle Jessup/Second Geek), Cj Hoff (Pasty Geek), Joseph Buttler (Random Collector #1), Nate Shelkey (Random Collector #2), Bobby Campo (Damon...

Jackson Stewart, writer of Supernatural and Invasion Roswell and William Rot, director of Trick is proud to announce the premiere of their new short, The Cartridge Family.

The Cartridge Family premiered on Screw Attack this morning. Mel Nixon Productions and Screw Attack have joined forces to give you a look at the video game crossover you never imagined! Now they smash their way onto the scene with the outrageous, hilarious short… The Cartridge Family.

Created by Jackson Stewart (“Supernatural”) and directed by William Rot (“Trick”) with an impressive cast Aj Bowen (“You’re Next”), Graham Skipper (“Almost Human”), Mekenna Melvin (TV’s “Chuck”), Barbara Crampton (“Re-Animator”) and Jeremy Slater (writer of Fox’s upcoming “Fantastic Four”), The Cartridge Family finds Jason, a thirty something gamer, residing with his favorite 8-bit game heroes; Sergio, Roboman and Twink (composites of Mario, Megaman and Link) and must help them face their greatest challenge yet – finding jobs.

Chuck alum Joshua Gomez once again finds himself in a Castle, with a guest-starring role on ABC’s Monday-night drama.

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Per EW.com, TV’s erstwhile Morgan Grimes will appear in the fifth episode of Season 6 as a murder suspect who claims to have traveled from the future to prevent a cataclysmic event from happening. (Um, hello — the Beckett/Vaughn kiss was, like, four months ago.)

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Gomez of course follows in the footsteps of...

What is Grey’s Anatomy‘s big finale secret about? Why is Kerry Washington worried about Scandal fans surviving the hiatus? Will Smash go out on a high note? Does Falling Skies have a killer in its midst? Read on for answers to those questions plus teases from other shows.

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Grey’s Anatomy | As we enter this final stretch — the Season 9 finale airs next Thursday — here are a few teasers and/or merely interesting anecdotes. For one, you know how Shonda Rhimes...

Sneak Peek new footage, images and synopsis from the Season Finale "Castle" episode, titled "Watershed", written by Andrew Marlowe and directed by John Terlesky, airing May 13, 2013 on ABC, starring Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Molly Quinn, Penny Johnson Jerald, Tamala Jones, Jon Huertas and Seamus Dever:

"...an interview with a high-profile federal law enforcement agency forces 'Beckett' to reconsider what she wants out of her job -- and out of her relationship with 'Castle'.

"Meanwhile a body is found floating inside the water tank of a skid row flop house.

"But as the team investigate, they discover that her final resting place is just one of many strange things about her death..."

Also appearing in the episode are Kyle Secor, Scott Paulin, Niko Nicotera, Stacy Edwards and Mekenna Melvin.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Castle: Watershed"...

Sneak Peek new images and synopsis from the Season Finale "Castle" episode, titled "Watershed", written by Andrew Marlowe and directed by John Terlesky, airing May 13, 2013 on ABC, starring Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Molly Quinn, Penny Johnson Jerald, Tamala Jones, Jon Huertas and Seamus Dever:

"...an interview with a high-profile federal law enforcement agency forces 'Beckett' to reconsider what she wants out of her job -- and out of her relationship with 'Castle'.

"Meanwhile a body is found floating inside the water tank of a skid row flop house.

"But as the team investigate, they discover that her final resting place is just one of many strange things about her death..."

Also appearing in the episode are Kyle Secor, Scott Paulin, Niko Nicotera, Stacy Edwards and Mekenna Melvin.

Click the images to enlarge...

If the series finale of Chuck wasn’t a proper farewell, I do not know what is. These final two hours of Chuck were the most beautiful love letters to the fans, cast, crew, and everyone involved in supporting Chuck over these five incredible seasons. The comedy, the action, the romance, the geek references… it all came to an end last night in the most perfect way. Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak did not disappoint. Everyone poured their heart and soul into the finale and it showed. What a beautiful ending.

“Wow, it’s all ending, huh?” – Morgan

In Chuck vs. Sarah, Chuck (Zachary Levi) did not have to go far to find Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski) as she made her way back to Burbank… for Chuck’s spy resources in her mission to take down Quinn. The mention of Bryce’s name was the first butterfly to flutter and there...

Chuck began with a very special opening title, one fans will definitely appreciate especially since this was not the series finale and fans would love nothing more for familiarity come then. Perhaps the original opening awaits us in the finale episode? No matter, this week was the calm before the storm and an almost movie like opening set the tone perfectly for this week and the final episode. Embrace the movie like opening, people because this is it.

In “Chuck vs. the Bullet Train,” Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski) and John Casey (Adam Baldwin) are on a mission to rescue Chuck (Zachary Levi), to Chuck’s surprise, with the intersect in Sarah’s head. Chuck was understandably worried about this result but watching the two later bond over how awesome the intersect benefits are was quite a moment. There are not many people on the earth who have had the intersect in their head,...

In “Chuck vs. Bo,” Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski) wasted no time in coming straight out about her thoughts of quitting the spy game to Chuck (Zachary Levi) and shift Carmichael Industries to an office job rather than a field job. But before this transition began, the team took some of their spy gear to Colorado for one last mission where Morgan (Joshua Gomez) was reunited with Bo Derek….his past “lover!” The first thing that surely came to everyone’s mind was, when did that happen? The next thought… what is Bo up to now in the world of Chuck? The title of the episode clearly details Bo as the bad guy. So it came as no surprise that Bo was involved with the case of the intersect. Is it safe to say she is our final female villain? Either way, it all made for one of the most entertaining episodes this season.

This week’s episode of Chuck took a back seat in exhilaration and heart pounding action. Ordinarily, a break from all of the action would be fitting but with these being the final episodes of the series… much is expected. And unfortunately there was not enough action… or comedy. Last night’s episode actually seemed rather slow moving. With such dynamite episodes in the past few weeks, this change of pace did not go unnoticed. So while this episode does not stand out among the rest, it did provide for some entertainment.

In “Chuck vs. the Kept Man,” John Casey (Adam Baldwin) rekindles the fire with Gertrude Verbanski (Carrie-Anne Moss) who also becomes the first client of Carmichael Industries ever since their C.A.R.E. Mission Statement released. Let it be noted that Moss and Baldwin’s chemistry is off the charts! Chuck (Zachary Levi) is so clever and so human!

“Chuck vs. the Santa Suit” is without a doubt the most intense episode of season five and there are still a month’s worth of episodes left to air of the series. This also makes for the best Christmas episode of the series. There were lows and highs which included the most breathtaking game changer of the series at the very end of the episode. “Chuck vs. the Santa Suit” gave us action, tension, laughs, heart, and so much more. What an impressive hour.

“Stan Lee’s a spy? That is so weird!” – Chuck

The episode started off with such a downer of an opening this week. So dark. It’s been awhile since Chuck has touched such waters. The return of Shaw (guest star, Brandon Routh) came sooner rather than later and really anchored the episode. While he was definitely hated before, his little act of capturing Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski...

"Chuck" ended its last episode with the principals of Carmichael Industries on the run, and a life in hiding is not sitting well with at least one member of the team.

In the clip above from Friday's (Dec. 16) episode, "Chuck vs. the Curse," Chuck (Zachary Levi) thinks that the fact that he had to leave people behind in order to protect them is the latest instance of a family curse. It probably doesn't help that he's in an isolated cabin, the way his dad was for many years.

Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski) assures Chuck that he's not cursed, but they then hit a wall in trying to figure out who's really behind the vendetta against him.

Meanwhile, Morgan (Joshua Gomez) seems to have mended things with Alex (Mekenna Melvin) -- or at least managed to get her talking to him again -- when he comes face to face (more or less; height joke!

Chuck Review, Season 5, Episode 3, “Chuck Versus the Frosted Tips”

Written by Phil Klemmer

Directed by Paul Marks

Airs Fridays at 8pm (Et) on NBC

There comes a point in many shows when long-time fans have to decide what they expect from new episodes. Is it enough to just enjoy hanging out with favorite characters, even if the story lets them down? This question has likely been on the minds of Chuck’s dedicated (if limited) audience during the early fifth season. Putting the Intersect in Morgan hasn’t worked, even with the surprising conflict that’s come out of it. This move has changed the focus and left many characters lurking outside the frame. Involving such a large cast in each episode is tricky, and it grows even tougher when the tone is all over the map.

This week’s mission has Carmichael Industries helping General Beckman (Bonita Friedericy) apprehend a fugitive,...

Even though its tagline reads like a female version of 'Weekend at Bernie's', 'Three sisters. Two days. One dead father.', the Joe Robert Cole helmed thriller 'Amber Lake' is anything but comical. The new thriller stars the delightfully beautiful Mekenna Melvin, the superbly stunning Natalie Smyka, the terrifically hot Polly Cole, oh and Carmen Argenziano and Timothy V. Murphy. And this bad boy is now a available on both VOD and iTunes! Check out the plot details and the full trailer below....

Joe Robert Cole's indie thriller Amber Lake has hit VOD and iTunes. The film stars Chuck 's Mekenna Melvin, Polly Cole and Natalie Smyka. You can watch the trailer below. Synopsis: Three half-sisters, after being invited to their father's lake house to meet him and each other for the first time, are each questioned by a local sheriff to explain the events that took place leading up to the discovery of their father floating dead in the lake. Using a Rashomon effect, each sister gives a slightly different account of the events, with each version pointing a finger at a different sister, while the sheriff must sort through the details to find out what really happened. What he discovers in the end is not what he expected.

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With so many revelations last week, this week’s Chuck seemed pale in comparison. The second half of the broadcast was much more interesting than the first half, but still a bit weak.

Just when wedding week arrives, Casey (Adam Baldwin) gets a text message informing the team of Mary (Linda Hamilton) being taken prisoner by Vivian Volkoff (Lauren Cohan). So two days before the wedding, the team finds themselves in Colombia, ready to bring Mary back safely to the states. If there’s any night to be thankful that the first story line in the first half hour was not the main story line of the entire episode, it’s this one. There was really no need to stretch this saving out, so thankfully, the team retrieved her without sweating too much.

Back at Buy More, Morgan (Joshua Gomez) unwillingly gets the help of Lester (Vik Sahay) and Jeff...

Chuck and Sarah's wedding planning includes one final detail: ensuring that the mother-of-the-groom makes it to the ceremony on time and alive. Meanwhile, Morgan's responsibilities as Best Man include his most dangerous mission yet, as he faces Vivian Volkoff. Elsewhere, Ellie tends to the last details of the rehearsal dinner and seeks help from an unlikely source. NBC's official description for May 16 season episode “Chuck vs. the Cliffhanger!” Operation Bartowski Races To Take Down Vivian Volkoff As She Threatens Chuck And Sarah's Wedding - Linda Hamilton, Lauren Cohan, Mekenna Melvin, Richard Burgi And Timothy Dalton Guest Star - Before he can kiss the bride, Chuck (Zachary Levi) must enlist his wedding party to take down Vivian Volkoff (guest star Lauren Cohan) and stop her from destroying the big day. When he turns to Alexei Volkoff (guest star Timothy Dalton) for help, the CIA sends its toughest agent, Clyde Decker (guest...

Chuck and Sarah's wedding planning includes one final detail: ensuring that the mother-of-the-groom makes it to the ceremony on time and alive. Meanwhile, Morgan's responsibilities as Best Man include his most dangerous mission yet, as he faces Vivian Volkoff. Elsewhere, Ellie tends to the last details of the rehearsal dinner and seeks help from an unlikely source. NBC's official description for May 16 season episode “Chuck vs. the Cliffhanger!” Operation Bartowski Races To Take Down Vivian Volkoff As She Threatens Chuck And Sarah's Wedding - Linda Hamilton, Lauren Cohan, Mekenna Melvin, Richard Burgi And Timothy Dalton Guest Star - Before he can kiss the bride, Chuck (Zachary Levi) must enlist his wedding party to take down Vivian Volkoff (guest star Lauren Cohan) and stop her from destroying the big day. When he turns to Alexei Volkoff (guest star Timothy Dalton) for help, the CIA sends its toughest agent, Clyde Decker (guest...

After some difficulties with computers crashing and what not. We finally have episode 16 of Sfp-now up for your listening pleasure. The featured interview in this episode is with Mekenna Melvin, who plays Alex in the popular NBC series .Chuck.. The role of Alex was introduced in the latter part of season three and is the daughter of super spy John Casey and is the love interest of Morgan Grimes. During the interview Melvin talks about this and more, and discusses where she.d like to see Alex go should Chuck return for a fifth season. Also featured is our usual television discussion This Week In Television where Wayne Hall and I discuss Doctor Who. Joining...

Avatar and Game of Thrones references included, last night’s Chuck was quite entertaining.

Confirming that Vivian (Lauren Cohan) was not a killer proved to be quite a challenge for Chuck (Zachary Levi) after getting played by Alexei Volkoff (Timothy Dalton). The decisions that General Beckman (Bonita Friedericy) and those above her have been making regarding the team’s cases has been highly questionable this season. The entire team thought so this week when Beckham released Volkoff from being imprisoned for the case at hand. What a brilliant decision that turned out to be. After Chuck’s life was almost gambled upon a game of Uno (classic moment for the writers), Volkoff turned on Vivian, and Vivian worked with him only to play him as well…that left only one winner tonight…Vivian. Now that there is no doubt of Vivian’s ability to kill and with the knowledge of...

Chuck and Sarah are having a bad experience with wedding planner as their account is emptied. But it is not their only problem in the upcoming episode of "Chuck" for they are also suspended from their job.

As Chuck and Sarah get conned out of their wedding money, there is only one man they can turn to for help - Sarah's conman father, Jack Burton. Meanwhile, Morgan pressures Casey to face Alex's mother.

Gary Cole will return as Sarah's father, while Mekenna Melvin will guest star as Alex's mother. "Chuck Versus the Wedding Planner" will air Monday, April 18 on NBC.

After this episode, there will only be three more episodes to close off the fourth season. NBC has not announced whether they will pick up the action comedy series for a fifth season.

Mekenna Melvin dishes about 'Chuck'Exclusive Interview by Michael Aaron Gallagher

It's no secret that "Chuck" is adored by television fans and critics alike. Now in its third season, the quirky spy dramedy recently welcomed actress Mekenna Melvin to its diverse cast. Originally from Saratoga, California, her training in martial arts, comedy and drama, make her a triple threat on screen.

As Alex McHugh, Melvin plays the daughter of John Casey (played by Adam Baldwin) and the love interest of Morgan Grimes (played by Joshua Gomez).

I recently had the chance to talk to Mekenna about her work on the NBC series and what she enjoys most about her character.

Michael Aaron Gallagher: "Tell me a little bit about how you landed your role on 'Chuck?'"

Mekenna Melvin: "I got the role in kind of an exciting way. I was originally auditioning for a one-word co-star...

On NBC’s Chuck, we can’t help but be jealous of agent Morgan Grimes for getting to woo the pants off of the beautiful Alex McHugh. So we decided to go for the real thing: we put on our fancy swag, made sure our fly was zipped, and on our imaginary first date, the acting, singing, dancing, karate-chopping, super sweet (super pretty) Mekenna Melvin tries to convince Ology that she’s boring. Yeah, right.

Ology: You’re an actor, singer, And dancer?

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A new episode, entitled Chuck Vs. The Couch Lock, airs tonight at 8/7c on NBC. Casey is shadowed by his past when his former team returns and searches for him. Meanwhile, Chuck continues his quest to find his mother, and Morgan tries to summon the courage to disclose a delicate secret to Casey. Guest stars include: Eric Roberts, Joel David Moore, Dave Batista, and Mekenna Melvin.

Most actor-audition stories are pretty similar: You go in, you read for the role several times, you maybe test with other actors, you get the part.

That wasn't quite how it worked for Mekenna Melvin, who returns to "Chuck" Monday (Oct. 11) as Casey's (Adam Baldwin) daughter, Alex.

"When I first got the audition, the title was '20-year-old girl.' It was one line, one scene. It wasn't even one line, it was one word, which was 'Mom,'" Melvin tells Zap2it. "I basically had no information going into the audition; I just knew I had to say 'Mom.'"

She got the part, and then her manager called to say her character now had a name: Alex. Oh, and by the way, she was Casey's long-lost daughter. "I was like, 'What?!? This is so awesome!"

A while after her first appearance, "Chuck" decided to bring Alex back --...

October is officially "Breast Cancer Awareness" month and Hollyscoop is taking its own part to educate with the help of Joice. This past week, Hollyscoop teamed up with the City of Hope, to give two cancer survivors Carol McCoy and Candida Orosco a makeover at the Gavert Atelier hair salon in Beverly Hills. Hollyscoop’s celebrity pals Kyle Richards (Bravo's The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills), Levin Rambin (ABC's Scoundrels), Jenn Proske (MTV's Vampire Suck), Mekenna Melvin (NBC's Chuck), BooBoo and Fivel Stewart were on hand to honor the survivor’s success and courage. Each guest...

I got a chance to talk to MeKenna Melvin today, who wanted to give us an insight into playing the daughter of Chuck’s resident bad-ass, John Casey (Adam Baldwin). After first appearing in the Season 3 episode “Chuck Vs. the Tic-Tac,” her character has slowly began to evolve and start a relationship with Casey and as recently as Season 4′s second episode, “Chuck vs. The Suitcase,” she has been off the screen talking to Morgan while calling her father any chance she gets.

Getting to know her character, Alex McHugh, is going to be essential to understanding one of the newest characters to the world of Chuck, but also someone who will contribute to a lot of growth in the characters of Morgan (Joshua Gomez) and Casey.

When talking to Melvin, who plays Alex on the series, you got the sense of how much fun she has playing this character...

Chuck star Adam Baldwin has revealed that the character of Alex McHugh (Mekenna Melvin) will feature more heavily in the upcoming fourth season of the show. McHugh was first introduced in the third season of the show as the daughter of Baldwin's character, Colonel John Casey. The actor told IGN: "I have a feeling we're going to find out a lot more about Alex. She has self-defence skills and that likely portends that she will somehow find her way into a mission or two." (more)...

Got a scoop request? An anonymous tip you’re dying to share? Just want to say hi? You can send any/all of the above to ausielloscoop@ew.com

Question: Is John Casey’s daughter, Alex (Mekenna Melvin), going to be a series regular next season on Chuck? —Charles

Ausiello: She’ll be the next best thing to a series regular: a recurring guest star. (That noise you hear is Morgan fantasizing about their awkward first date.)

Question: Will Jessalyn Gilsig be a regular on Glee next season? I absolutely love Terri, but I fear I’m the only one!

The month of May brings many a season finale to our airwaves; over the last week or so, I have been recapping the finales a few of our favorite shows here at Collider, and using that as a jumping off point to discuss the direction of the season and the show as a whole. This Monday night, we got the 2-hour finale of NBC’s Chuck, as well as the season sendoffs for the CBS comedies How I Met Your Mother and The Big Bang Theory.

Hit the jump for a spoiler-filled dissection of the finale and overall season arc of each show.

Chuck, “Chuck Versus the Subway” and “Chuck Versus the Ring Part II”

It will be difficult for Chuck to ever reach the heights it did in the last stretch of episodes of episodes of season two, but the creative team assembled some darn good efforts this season.